David Yost is a producer on Bravo’s, The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills – Five Questions

If David looks familiar, there is good reason; he played the role of Billy, the Blue Ranger on the original Mighty Morphin Power Rangers series. 

#1  What advice would you give to a young David Yost?

Everybody is going to tell you that you can’t, but you actually can and you can quite well!  For some strange reason we like to tear each other down, and instead of celebrating each other’s victories we, at times, despise them or become jealous.  I have come across many people who went out of their way to inform me that I had no business having the success I have had.  Baffling.

#2  Looking back at your time as a Power Ranger, what is something that you never expected?

I never expected the show to become the International success it was.  The show is still one of the most successful television franchises in history.  At the height of the popularity, everybody was trying to get their kids on set to come visit the Power Rangers. I was always amazed when I would travel to Europe or any foreign country for that matter, and people would run up to me and say, “You’re Billy, the Blue Ranger.”  Weird.

#3  Finish this statement:  “Every actor should…

…be certain.”  Be certain that this is your path.  For some it is easy, for some it is up and down, and for some it is just a struggle.  If it is fame and fortune you want, please save yourself the pain and find something else to do.  If, in the fiber of your very Being, you know that you have to perform, that you have to create entertainment on some level, then please come.  Come share your gift and artistry, it is certainly welcome.  Enlighten.

#4  Was your journey from actor to producer a natural progression?

I don’t know if it was natural as much as it was, “I gotta pay the bills.”  However, when I was starring on Power Rangers, I did pay attention to what was happening behind-the-camera, so I think I picked up the producing aspect rather quickly and easily… and luckily, I happen to be really good at it… when I want to be.  Focused.

#5  Who inspired you to pursue acting?

No one inspired me to pursue acting.  I had a spiritual experience at the age of seven when I was performing Dopey in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.  I just remember the audience laughing at me, or at my character, and then feeling a peace come over me and hearing a voice whisper in my ear, “This is what you’ll do.”  I was sold from that moment on. Hopefully that doesn’t sound to “Looney Tunes.”  Crazy.

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